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Imagine Jerusalem as an amusement park - loop-de-loop rides by Western Wall, a Ferris Wheel at Zion Gate; hovercraft over the Holy Mount, fireworks at David's Citadel. For his niece, that's Professor Osef's "kust-so-tale" solution for this dour City on the Hill. But, the reality of Jerusalem intrudes on this visiting professor. Death hovers instead.

Here are elite soldiers, kibbutz-born, battle-bred. Their stories reveal their minds and souls, and what has tempered and annealed their hearts. They are citizen soldiers all - many officers - who refused career military appointments and returned to civilian life, as much as one can be a civilian in Israel. Descendants of Isaac who, like modern-day Ishmaels, seek peace while pursuing the Leviathan of war. Or are pursued by it. They also search for inner peace.